Science News
Discover news about popular and pure science developments, insights and researchers. Get the latest releases on social science research as well as studies published in scientific journals.
ALPCO Appoints Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd. as Their New Distribution Channel in Japan
Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd. is a distributor of high quality research reagents and instruments throughout Japan. ALPCO Diagnostics is a leading developer and distributor of high quality immunoassay kits in the US. The two companies feel that their mutual commitment to offering quality products in the life science research area will be the basis for a strong partnership. - January 10, 2011 - ALPCO
100,000 Evaluations and Counting: Faculty of 1000 Reaches an Historic Publishing Milestone
1 idea, 10 years, 100s of sections, 1000s of Posters, 10,000 Faculty Members, and 100,000 evaluations: Faculty of 1000 celebrates publishing their 100,000th evaluation. 2010 was a busy year for Faculty of 1000 (F1000). The company became the official publisher of The Scientist magazine and... - January 09, 2011 - Faculty of 1000
Texas Solar Power Company Selects PanelClaw for Austin’s Largest Solar Installation
Texas Solar Power Company installs largest solar project to date in Austin, Texas. Choose to use exceptional PanelClaw for mounting on flat roof. - January 07, 2011 - Texas Solar Power Company
Affinity Life Sciences Announces Expansion of Their cGMP Manufacturing Facility to Provide Additional Capacity for Biomarker Assay Development and Lyophilization Services
Affinity Life Sciences, Inc. is a New England based contract manufacturing and research organization committed to providing scientific and quality expertise to meet the unique production demands of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries worldwide. Affinity's introduction of this space allows for even greater capacity and efficiency for projects ranging from R&D to cGMP compliant production. - December 31, 2010 - Affinity Life Sciences
AnaSpec Introduces Industry’s First FRET-Based - SensoLyte® Green Elastase Assay Kits
AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group is pleased to introduce the SensoLyte® Green Elastase Assay Kit - the first FRET-based Elastase activity assay kit in the industry. This kit employs a natural substrate, elastin that is labeled with the 5-FAM fluorophore and the QXL™ 520 quencher. Proteolytic... - December 30, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Expands Anti-GFP Collection – mAb & Chicken Polyclonal Antibodies
AnaSpec is pleased to expand their GFP antibodies offerings. The new GFP antibodies include two monoclonals raised in mouse and a third, a polyclonal raised in chicken. Purified green-fluorescent protein (GFP) was used as antigen. Antibody reactivity was confirmed by ELISA and specificity was... - December 30, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Custom Synthesis Chemistry Services CRO, Onyx Scientific, Hails the Success of Its Solid-State Polymorph Screening Services
Onyx Scientific provides custom synthesis chemistry services throughout all stages of a drug-discovery process for phase l and ll clinical studies. Services include: Process Development, Custom Synthesis, GMP synthesis and Scale-up, in addition to a comprehensive range of Analytical and Solid-State services including automated Salt Selection and Polymorphism studies, with the capability to deliver API scale-up to multi-kilo level and beyond. - December 30, 2010 - Onyx Scientific Ltd
CERAM Extends Microstructural and Mineralogical Analysis Services
CERAM, a global expert in materials testing, analysis and consultancy, has extended the scope of its microstructural and mineralogical analysis services with the acquisition of a new X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD). The state-of-the-art XRD system provides faster analysis turnaround, increased... - December 25, 2010 - Lucideon
DirectRooms.com – Recent Advances in Kidney Transplantation Conference to Take Place in Kuwait
DirectRooms.com announces that Kuwait will play host to the conference: Recent Advances in Kidney Transplantation during January 2011. - December 24, 2010 - DirectRooms.com
EPI Environmental Technologies Inc. Continues Global Reach - Uruguay Added to EPI’s Distribution
EPI Environmental Technologies Inc. (“EPI”), the global leader of oxo-biodegradable plastic additives, has signed a sub-distributorship agreement with Saxonn S.A. for the distribution of TDPA™ Totally Degradable Plastic Additives™ in Uruguay. “The trend we’re... - December 24, 2010 - EPI Environmental Technologies Inc.
AnaSpec Expands HCV NS3/4A Protease Selection
AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group is pleased to announce the expansion of their NS3/4A protease selection to include proteases from genotypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 3a and 4d. These recombinant HCV NS3/4A proteases are highly active and can be used with the SensoLyte® 490, 520, or 620 HCV Protease Assay Kits for... - December 22, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpec Offers Double-Dye Oligo Synthesis Service
AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group is pleased to highlight our Double-Dye Oligo Synthesis Service. With over 20 years expertise of oligonucleotide synthesis, and Eurogentec production facilities in San Diego, California and Liege, Belgium, AnaSpec now offers the largest number of fluorescent reporters and... - December 22, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
MLF Biotech Expands Food Safety Testing Services
Biotech firm helps food and animal health industries ensure safety of end products with toxin testing. - December 22, 2010 - Maple Leaf Farms
Theoretical Chemist, Todd Gooch, Submits His Data to the Nobel Committee via Social Media and Youtube Video
Theoretical chemist, Todd Gooch, submits his data for review by the Nobel Committee in Chemistry using the platform of social media and Youtube. Unlike other scientists, Gooch makes predictions and gives hard data, without reservation. "The youtube video containing my data that I submit for... - December 21, 2010 - Todd Gooch
F1000 Posters: Over 100 Conferences Now Included
F1000 Posters has grown rapidly since its launch in June 2010 and now incorporates some posters from over 100 national and international conferences, including submissions from many of the world’s largest scientific meetings. F1000 Posters (http://f1000posters.com) is a new open access... - December 15, 2010 - Faculty of 1000
Anti-5-Methylcytidine Antibody from AnaSpec - Most Cited
AnaSpec, Eurogentec Group is pleased to offer anti-5-methylcytidine (Clone 33D3), Eurogentec’s most popular monoclonal antibody, for use in epigenetics research. 5-Methylcytidine is a modified base found in the DNA of plants and vertebrate. DNA methylation is a post-replication process... - December 11, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
AnaSpecs Offers Dyes for Labeling Amine- and Thiol-Modified Oligos
AnaSpec is pleased to highlight their own proprietary HiLyte Fluor dyes for labeling amine and thiol modified oligonucleotides from AnaSpec’s wide collection of amine and thiol reactive 6-isomeric dyes of fluoresceins and rhodamines. Fluorescent dye-labeled oligos are widely used as primers... - December 11, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Interest in Sclerostin as a Regulator of Bone Formation Remains High
Sclerostin, a protein produced primarily in osteocytes, inhibits osteoblast activity via antagonism of the wnt signaling pathway and, as such, has garnered a great deal of attention as a potential therapeutic target for increasing bone formation. The annual publication rate for peer-reviewed... - December 07, 2010 - ALPCO
The Scientist’s Top 10 Innovations of 2010 Announced
The Scientist unveils the best life science innovations of the year - December 01, 2010 - Faculty of 1000
PREMIER Biosoft International Releases SimGlycan® 2.92 with Support for Multi Stage Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis
SimGlycan®, a high throughput glycan and glycopeptide structure elucidation tool, now supports multi stage mass spectrometry data analysis which enables identification of structure specific fragment pathways. - November 21, 2010 - PREMIER Biosoft International
NAABB Consortium Announces Successful Conversion of Algal Oil to High Quality Biodiesel
Method employs cost saving catalyst and produces useful byproducts - November 19, 2010 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Bioo Scientific Releases the MiraMas™ Kit for qPCR Analysis of microRNA and Other Small RNAs
Bioo Scientific released the MiraMas™ Kit, which uses a flexible, novel approach for qPCR-based profiling of microRNAs. - November 16, 2010 - Bioo Scientific
AnaSpec Introduces Anti-MOG (1-125), Mouse Monoclonal
Being the first in the industry to provide a whole suite of reagents and assay kits for the advancement of MS research, AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of the mouse monoclonal Anti-MOG (1-125). Anti-MOG monoclonal antibody was produced by immunizing Balb/c mice with recombinant MOG... - November 14, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Klohn Crippen Berger Co-Hosts Opening of the North Lecture Theatres at the University of Alberta
Members of the government, public and private sectors came together to celebrate the opening of the North Lecture Theatres at the Centennial Centre for or Interdisciplinary Science on Monday, November 8th, 2010. Klohn Crippen Berger co-hosted the event which included a cocktail reception and a... - November 13, 2010 - Klohn Crippen Berger
AnaSpec Introduces Fluorescent Endothelin GO Peptides
AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of new HiLyte Fluor™ 488 and 5-FAM labeled Endothelin peptides (human, bovine, porcine, rat) adding on its Endothelin peptides collection. Endothelins (ET) are highly potent vasoconstrictor proteins distributed throughout all areas of the body, and... - November 13, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Solid-State Chemistry Services CRO, Onyx Scientific Reports Increased Demand for Polymorph Screening, Salt Selection and Crystallization Studies
Onyx delivers “one partner” convenience with pre-agreed workflows tailored to support key analytical milestones and timescales. - November 12, 2010 - Onyx Scientific Ltd
Nitrofreeze® Cryogenic Treatment Service Adds Further Processing Capability
The Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of an additional cryogenic thermal cycling system. - November 12, 2010 - Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc.
F1000 Reports Journals in Biology and Medicine Are Now Indexed in PubMed Central
Faculty of 1000 is delighted to announce that its two review journals, F1000 Biology Reports and F1000 Medicine Reports, are now indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central. Adding an extra dimension to the F1000 service, the F1000 Reports journals publish open access reviews by the world’s top... - November 12, 2010 - Faculty of 1000
Colorado’s Bioscience Industry Awarded Over $23 Million in Funding from Federal Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Grant and Tax Credit Program
According to the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), Colorado’s bioscience industry received more than $23 million for 102 different projects in the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program, per data posted online Monday by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Colorado ranks in the top ten of states applying for credits and grants under the new program. - November 06, 2010 - Colorado BioScience Association
Tigerlily Foundation Hosts Annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill
On November 17, 2010, Tigerlily Foundation will hold its annual Young Women’s Breast Health Day on the Hill. Held on Capitol Hill, this event will bring to the forefront issues that affect young women’s breast health. - November 03, 2010 - Tigerlily Foundation
The Scientist’s Life Science Salary Survey 2010 – Results Announced
The Scientist, F1000’s magazine of the life sciences, announced today the results of the 2010 Salary Survey of life scientist professionals. - November 02, 2010 - Faculty of 1000
The Documentary Race to Nowhere, the Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture, to Air at Adams International School on December 2nd & 9th 2010 at 7:00 pm
Adams International School to screen the acclaimed educational documentary Race To Nowhere. The film shows the high-stakes, high-pressure culture that has invaded our schools and our children’s lives, creating unhealthy, disengaged, unprepared and stressed-out youth. - November 01, 2010 - Adams International School
Danforth Center’s "Conversations" Series Continues with the Progression of Plant Science Featuring Dr. Roger Beachy
The program will feature the Center’s founding President, Roger Beachy. - October 28, 2010 - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Florida Non-Profit Launches Effort to Keep a Retired Shuttle Orbiter at Kennedy Space Center
The Aerospace Research & Engineering Systems Institute, Inc., a Florida non-profit corporation, announces the launch of the Space Shuttle Project to promote the Kennedy Space Center area as the best location for permanent display of a space shuttle orbiter after the fleet is retired. The Space Shuttle Project provides a platform for community leaders and members of the public to join voices and make the case for the Space Coast. - October 24, 2010 - Aerospace Research & Engineering Systems Institute, Inc.
2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Two Thieme Chemistry Authors
Each winners' work, considered of great importance to humanity, has been extensively covered in Thieme Chemistry's reference works, journals and encyclopedias. - October 23, 2010 - Thieme Publishers
Famed Biologist Craig Venter to Speak at 14th Space Studies Institute Conference on Space Manufacturing and Space Settlement in Silicon Valley
Famed biology will speak on how synthetic biology can be used for humanity to settle space. - October 20, 2010 - Space Studies Institute
Vincent Roa Selected as WWPR 2010 Woman of the Year Finalist
Donna Vincent Roa, Managing Partner & Chief Strategist at Vincent Roa Group, a Maryland-based eco-communications firm, has been shortlisted for the 2010 Washington PR Woman of the Year Award by the Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR). Dr. Roa is among the three finalists for the award,... - October 18, 2010 - Vincent Roa Group LLC
AnaSpec Introduces SensoLyte® HAT (p300) & HAT (pCAF) Assay Kits
AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of two HAT (histone acetyltransferase) fluorimetric kits adding in our growing list of epigenetics research products. The SensoLyte p300 Assay Kit provides a convenient assay for the screening of enzyme inhibitors and for continuous measurement of p300... - October 16, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
Stemedica Announces Completion of Clinical Allogeneic Adult Stem Cell Master Bank
A world leader in allogeneic adult stem cell manufacturing and research, Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. announced the completion of its proprietary master bank of mesenchymal bone marrow-derived stem cells. - October 15, 2010 - Stemedica Cell Techechnologies
LiquidPiston, Inc. Awarded “Rising Venture Energy & Clean Technology Company” by Rice Alliance
LiquidPiston, developer of the High Efficiency Hybrid Cycle Engine which promises to double small-engine fuel efficiency, was selected as one of the Rising Venture Energy & Clean Technology companies at the 8th Annual Rice Clean Technology Venture Forum in Houston on Sept 16, 2010. The Rising Venture award recognizes LiquidPiston's technology and business vision in reducing dependence on imported oil; improving efficiency; mitigating climate change; and stimulating the “green” economy and jobs. - October 14, 2010 - LiquidPiston, Inc.
14th Space Studies Institute Conference on Space Manufacturing and Space Settlement Set for Oct. 29-31 in Silicon Valley
Space scientists and entrepreneurs will meet in Silicon Valley from Oct. 29-31 to help plan humanity’s future on the high frontier at the Space Studies Institute’s Space Manufacturing 14: Critical Technologies for Space Settlement conference. During the gathering at the NASA Ames... - October 14, 2010 - Space Studies Institute
Astronauts4Hire Sponsors Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference
Astronauts4Hire is pleased to announce that it has become a sponsor of the 2011 Next-generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) to be held in Orlando, Florida from February 28 through March 2, 2011. Brian Shiro, President and CEO of Astronauts4Hire, joined the conference’s... - October 14, 2010 - Astronauts4Hire
Specialty Enzymes | Beneficial Brewing Enzyme Used for Quicker Maturation
| SEBmature L | Reducing the Maturation Time to Increase Brewery Production - October 09, 2010 - Specialty Enzymes and Biotechnologies Co
IonSense Expands Product Line with ASAP Open-Air Ionization Source
IonSense to sell Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe (ASAP) as Entry Level Source for Open-Air Mass Spectrometry - October 08, 2010 - IonSense, Inc.
Leslie Iversen Appointed Head of Faculty for Pharmacology & Drug Discovery at F1000
Leslie Iversen has recently joined Floyd Bloom and Paul Insel as a Head of Faculty for Pharmacology & Drug Discovery within F1000. Les Iversen is currently a Professor of Pharmacology at University of Oxford, England, and previously served as Director of the Neuroscience Research Center of... - October 08, 2010 - Faculty of 1000
AnaSpec Introduces BAFF Protein
AnaSpec is pleased to announce the release of a recombinant human BAFF protein. Naïve B-cells, treated with 20-1000 ng/ml BAFF protein prepared by AnaSpec, has been showing increased IgG secretion compared to 2 leading commercial sources. BAFF (BlyS, TALL-1, THANK, TNFSF13B, zTNF4) belongs to... - October 07, 2010 - AnaSpec, EGT Group
FutureCarbon Shows Materials of the Future at JEC Asia
FutureCarbon, the leading producer of carbon super-composites based in Germany, is making an appearance at this year's JEC Asia show from October 12 through 14 in Singapore. FutureCarbon intends to demonstrate an increasing focus on SEA markets. - October 07, 2010 - FutureCarbon GmbH
RayBiotech and Gentel Partner to Offer Comprehensive Selection of Arrays on APiX Chromogenic Detection Platform
RayBiotech, Inc., a pioneer and leader in protein and antibody array technologies, and Gentel Biosciences, a leader in proteomics profiling tools, jointly announced today their partnership to develop and market RayBiotech's vast collection of easy-to-use antibody array products for use with Gentel's APiX™ chromogenic detection platform, a cost-effective alternative to laser fluoresecence scanners. - October 05, 2010 - RayBiotech, Inc
BJS Biotechnologies Launches UF1 at Biotechnica
Ultra-rapid next-generation thermal cycler could bring PCR to point-of-care - October 03, 2010 - BJS Biotechnologies Ltd
Specialty Enzymes | SEBamyl GL | New Brewing Enzyme and Beverage Alcohol Enzyme Manufacturer
SEBamyl-GL Improves Alcohol Production by Producing More Fermentable Sugars from Liquefied Starch Sources. - October 03, 2010 - Specialty Enzymes and Biotechnologies Co